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3 3 the clock is ticking... forr lawmakers to keep he naaion from going over the so-called "fiscal cliff." cliff."if nothing is resolved by midnight tonight... tax rates for all americans will increasee democrats want higher taxes on families earning 220-thousand-ddolars a year and over. republicans want tax ates to stay where theyyare. útaxes seem to be theebiggest obstacle to a compromise. others want to see goverrnent spending put inn check. president obama ssys... hees willing to do that. "i offered over a trillion

pollars in additional spending cuts so that we would have two pollars f spending cuts for everyyooe dollar of increased rrvenue." "the senate stands in recess" the senate is scheduled to reconvene at 11-a-m. even if lawmakers don't come to angreeeent tonightt.. you change in your nnxt payyheck. that's because businesses &plikely used 22-12 withholding rates... uncertain about what would happen. happen.if you want to see how much your taxes would go up agreement.. go tt foxbaltimroo dot com slash morning. the funerallwill be held tomasz kaczooka ... one of two new york firefighters who was firr.on sunday... thousands gathered to rememberrthe ooher victim... police liiutenant michael chiaaperiii.both firefighters were gunned down py an ex-con... who police say deliberatelyyset his house on fire... to lure fire crews into a deadly ambush.police say the gunman... william injured 2 others... before

turning theegun on himself last week. 3a nee york woman is charged hate crime... for allegedly pushing a man in front of a subway train.this issthe surveillance video... captured lasttweek.police saaythe suspect... erika menendezz.. &ptold officers she pushed a muslim off the train trrcks muslims ever sinceethe attacks at the world trade center in 2001.witnessss say they aa a womannpacing the platform and muttering to herseef... just moments beforr pushing her victim. this was the second time this month... someene as shoved to their ddath in front of aa approaching train. morre han 2 weeks after the newtown, connecticut shooting rampage....adam lanza's body ii claamed for burial. burial.according to the state who claimed is bodyy.. wishes - to remain anonymmos.also remaining a secret... is where he will be buried.earlier this month...oppficials say lanza shot and killed 26 peeple... including 20 hildren... at ssndy hook elementary schhol before taking his own life.

poliie have not yet given a &pmotive for the shootinns. the state of conneeticut is lawsuit"... for faaling to prooide a safe setting for damagesson behalf of a 6- pear-old girl who survivvd the massscre.heesays tte girl heard gunfire, screaming and conversations over the with emmtional scars. &phere in maryllnd... officials are taking steps in thh fight against violence..onnght... the citt of baltimore is hosting a new year's eve candlelight vigil to remember all victims of violence in happen at 6 o'clock... on the steps of the war memorial building. nee gun policiesscould soon be on the way. as patti ann browne xplains... president obama is looking to tighten the restrictions and regulations on weapons... in the wake of thh connecticut school shooting tragedy. 3 president obbma says gun connrol will top his 2013 agenda. in thee wake of the mass shhoting at

sandy hook elemeetary inn connecticcttearlier his month, mister obaaa says he will lace his efforts towarrs a legissatiie paccage nnxt year aimed at containing gun violence.. obama says: "...the question thenn ecomes wwether we aae actually shook up enoogh by whatthaapennd here, that it does ot juut become another one of these routine episodes where it gets pouple of weeks and then ii drifts away. it certainly won't feel like thaa to me. this &pis something that ... that wa the worst day of my tragedy immediatelyyprompted caals for greater ggn control. the n-r-a is resisting those efforts and instead sugggsts armed guurds would deeer similar acts of has arnered mixed reactionn. feinstein says: "...there were armed guards a columbine, they pculdn't stop the shooters..." graham says: "...people are buying more guns, urder rates have gone down..." meanwhile, one attorney ss seeking to sue the staae of connncticut for 100 million dollars. irving pinsky

ssyy the state failed to protecc his cliint, who has since suffered ""motional and psychological trauma and injury" from the december 14th shooting.pinsky says: "....the screaming, cursing, the bang bang bann and er friendd are dead, and that's ttauma // "the state of ccnnecttiut, and otherrstates tto, are failing to protect the childden from twenny-sixxshooting victims - have been laid to rest and now adam lanza's remains as been claiied foo burial. connecticct's medical examinerr says sommone who wishes to lanza's body several days ago. in nnw york, patti ann browne, fox news. some new lawssgo into effect in the new yeaa... here n maryland... arrenic is now banned in chickkn feed...itts in order to hell roteet thh and ... another nnw law... helps parents better protecc thier children from idenity theft... it allows them to freeze theirrchild's credit at any time. and... same-sex couples in maryland are countinn down the &phhurs... until thhir marriage become official. at 12:01 a-m tuusday... less than 24

hours from now... the new lw goos into effect.ceremonies city hall... shortly aftee party-goers ring ii te new year.since december 6th... have been able to gt marriage licennes... but those licenses &pdd not officially take effect until tomorrow. the nnw year... means a pay boost for hundreds of thousands f miiimum-wagg workers.according to the non-profit advocacy group "the national employmenn laww project".... rhode island workers will see the biggest average of 5-hundred-10 - worker. states musttpay at age least the same as the federal minimum wage... hicc has been set aa 7-dolllrs and 25 cents an hour since 2009. in 2013... 19 states and the district f columbia willlhave rates above thh feeeral levvl. today's the lass day to put your name on the map..today is the deadline to submit entries to a contest to name six

river.tte board will select its favorite entries and send them to the u-s geologicaa survey.it could take tth federal agency up to 9 montts to choose a winner. winner.to enterr. gg to our plash orning. happy new year... to folks in new zealand! peaaand!at 6 ooclock this morring... whiih was mmdnight tteir time... residents rang in the newwyear witt firreorks and music.throughout the day... many more countrres will be welcomiig in 2013 with unique celebrations. hugh hefner is hugh hefner is just hours away... frrmmtying the knot. the playboy boss was supppsed to marry his fiance crystal harris last yearr.. but he called it offfjust days beforee

keepinggthe new year's eve ts &puu...diapers don't get in the &pway of one toddder's snooboarding kills.what his chances at thee2014 olympics. and in our hometown hotspot... ptart your new yearroff right! &pthe daa-after brunch... to cure even the worst of hangovers.you're watching fox 45 good day 3

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"all my life i've known dirt, filth, stealin' and lyin' and lord, the only thing that appeals me these days, as of right now is you." "i hear you now and i can even touch you, because i have your living word here in my hand." "and that's when my life changed." "'old things are passed away and behold all things become new'. and i said, 'lord, that's me!'" nn!nn!n!n!n! here is yoor cute video of the

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3 congress is pllying it right down to the buzzer this morning.there is ssill no deal on capitoo hill regarding the so called 'fiscal cliff' and today is the deadline for work ii just 3 hours. senaaorr went home last night without conninue today after hitting a standstill.at odds?the income threshhld for tax breaas. larsoo says: "ww understand and ccntinue to be befuddled whh we can't bring up proposals ttat can get the coontry back to wwrk,,why ww can't deel with a tax cut for

the middde class, especiallyy country needs to go bbckkto ptune says there's a lot of republicans doo't want to see spendinn." if a deal is american. if you want to see how much your taxes wwuld go uppwittout the fscal cliff agreement.. go to foxbaltiiore dot com slash morning. secrettry of state... hillary clinton s back in the hospital today... aater doctors discovered a blood cllt. clot.clinton... who was ssheduled to retuun to wwrk doctors... for the mediccne they've given her.clinton has been dealing with healthh issues for several weekss faintiig... while recovering d 3 from a stomach vvrus. the health of former president

geoogg h-w bush is over the weekend... the 88- year-ood was moveddfrom the intensive care unit to a regular patient room at a texas hospital... where he's beenntreated for more than aa month.the former president was turned into an infectioo and an aggressive fever. he'll be able to go home. &p 3 there re those who say therr is no such thing as a meeningless gamein the nnl. even they would in the nfl. even they would have to admit, yesterday came mighhy close. pllyoff spotss,the ravens' - backkps lost o the bengals in the regular season finale. finale.1st quarter....rd andd p0 foo the ravens...joo flacco sacked by michael johnson...

that was his final snap of tte wassenoogg for flacco and t - tyrod taylor took over.with jjst seconds left in the joness..who breaks taakle n and into the end zone...ravens and bengall tiee at 7 at trail 13-77..taylor rolls out ann has an open field in 3 front....1 ard touchdownn ravens take a 14-13 leaa.4 minutes later...this isn'' phaa ravens fans are usee to seeingg..justin tuuker misses only his 3rd field goal of he year... 44 arder.and t's all downhiil from there... benggls win the finnl game of the season 23-17. the playoffs. the th seed in in: tts an accomplishment... p out: they did a good 3job really positiveecan't

play out.ow its ll going to out.the ravens take on the colts at m&t bank stadium on sunday at 1. game winninggnats nats skins fans are waking up last nnght's big in aaainst - pheir rivalssthe cowboyssffnal score: 28818 washington reeskin. redskinssthe ast time the skins won theirrdivision was back in 1999... aad this winn puts thee into the playoffs for the first time sinne 2006.

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cliff.whaa's still being done to try to stop ittfrom happening on fox45 news at five.. ltimore. - preparations are nnarly complete for baltimore's new year's celebration. celebration.this bargg is thoosand different &pfireworkk... and is ready to be towed into the innnr harbor

explosives will e part of a 15- minute show set to music... and it's sponsored by the balttmore orioles... so you can expect ssme orange in the sky tonight. ryan o'neil, pyrotecnico: .02 "everyyhing's all scripted to music, that way, that wwy it all goes off at certain &ptimes--a certaii note hits, a explosion goes off in the sky." mussc will begin at 9 o'clock and the fireworks will beginn promptly at midnight.